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9/11 America Remembers: Special Programming from WOSUhttp://wosu.org/2012/offair/911-america-remembers-special-programming-from-wosu/
http://wosu.org/2012/offair/911-america-remembers-special-programming-from-wosu/#commentsThu, 08 Sep 2011 13:48:04 +0000Tom Rielandhttp://wosu.org/2012/tomrieland/?p=2421Most of the broadcast and cable networks will be remembering back 10 years ago this weekend.Â Everyone has a story about that day. Unfortunately, it seems the tragic days are the ones that we can recall instantly. One of my clear memories of youth was the day President Kennedy was killed. Our 2nd grade recess was cut short and we were told to go directly into the nearby Catholic church to pray.

My story on 9/11/01 starts early with a 6 am phone call from my wife’s brother to report the birth of their first child.Â He lives near Amsterdam in Holland and we were so happy for him!Â I was driving to my job at the public television and radio center at University of Alabama College of Communication when NPR broke in with some first reports.Â I entered our lobby and several staff had gathered to watch the TV reports.Â Within a few minutes, the lobby was filled with students, faculty, and staff, some crying and others in shock.Â We had one of the few TVs in the building.Â The other memory I have of that day was picking up my 10 and 8 year old girls and trying to explain what had happened. My youngest saying simply, “why would someone do that?”

WOSU TV and Radio will be spending the weekend giving perspective to this tragedy – ten years later.

On WOSU TV, PBS presents programming on Sunday, 9/11,Â including:

5:30 pmÂ From the Ground Up – the story of five NY firefighters widows

6:00 pmÂ Frontline focuses on Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero

8:00 pm America Remembers highlights the memorial events at the WTC, Pentagon and in Pennsylvania

9:00 pm Great Performances – Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, is performed to honor the victims

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http://wosu.org/2012/offair/jammin-for-bama/#commentsTue, 31 May 2011 19:09:30 +0000Tom Rielandhttp://www.wosu.org/blogs/tomrieland/?p=2085WOSU and our staff have many connections to the University of Alabama and the city of Tuscaloosa.

Bama native and WOSU reporter Mandie Trimble covered the terrible tornados that leveled portions of Tuscaloosa on April 27th for WOSU 89.7 NPR News. Mandie, along with WOSU’s Chuck Oney have organized a fundraiser with all proceeds going to the United Way of West Alabama to help the victims.

Join us this Thursday, June 2 from 6:00pm – 11:00pm at Woodlands Tavern, 1200 W. Third Avenue in Columbus as Columbus bands come together to help. DONATIONS AT THE DOOR are much appreciated!